Course Description

431 Contemporary Topics: Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Human Interactions

Half-unit course for one semester.  Ecological and evolutionary contexts of interactions between plants and humans. Potential topics include agricultural ecology, grazing, plant-resource extraction, crop evolution and their diseases/pests, plant breeding, transgenic species, and invasive plants.

Meeting time (Fall 2023):

Tuesday, 6:10 - 8 PM in B200A

Prerequisites:

Biology 101 and 102, two additional units of biology with laboratory, and junior or senior standing.  Vascular Plant Diversity (Bio 332), Plant Physiology (Bio 322), Leaves to Landscapes (Bio 303) and/or Ecology (Bio 301) may all be helpful foundational courses for topics we cover in this coursel.

Course staff:

The course is taught by Keith Karoly (Office - B240; phone - x7846; office hours Th/F 10:30am - noon and by appointment; email [kkaroly at reed.edu])